A survey conducted the month after vice president Joe Biden's meeting in January with network television executives on TV violence showed that almost half of the shows monitored contained acts of violence, according to an Associated Press story.

According to the survey conducted by the Parents Television Council between Jan. 11 and Feb. 11, there were 193 acts of violence in 392 hours' worth of episodes monitored. | May 1, 2013»Read Full Blog Post(4)

Justin Moore, pictured here opening for Eric Church at the Bradley Center last October, is returning to Milwaukee as a headliner in November. Journal Sentinel photo by Michael Sears. | Sept. 16, 2013»Read Full Blog Post

Summing up Cole Porter, Stephen Sondheim recently wrote that "technically, in both music and lyrics, no one is better than Porter and few are his equals." With all due apology to W.S. Gilbert, nobody wrote better list songs. Nobody wrote double entendres that are so clever and fun. And only a select few have ever written love songs that can match the likes of "So in Love."

All of which goes a long way toward explaining the ongoing appeal of a Porter revue like "Red, Hot and Cole." Debuting in 1989, it was staged at Elm Grove's Sunset Playhouse in 1992 and at the Broadway Baby Dinner Theater in 1996. Now it's back at Sunset, in a production directed and choreographed by Elaine Parsons Herro, who also co-directed the Broadway Baby version. | Sept. 16, 2013»Read Full Article

The owners of Burnhearts bar are seeking a loan from the Milwaukee Economic Development Corp. to turn the former Mama DeMarinis building in Bay View into a restaurant with the ex-Roots chefs, now cooking at Odd Duck.

While "Rocket Boys" was the pick for adult readers (13 and older) and "Hollow Earth" for middle-schoolers, skilled younger readers can also appreciate Hickam's book, and many adults would also enjoy the Barrowman siblings' novel. | Sept. 16, 2013»Read Full Blog Post

Special Note: This is the first in a series of posts from artist and Art City contributor Stacey Williams-Ng who is working on a series of murals for the Milwaukee Ballet. The "Painting the Muses" series will take us inside the process of one working artist. In this case, Stacey is working on a complex project for the public, from people on the street to young, leaping ballerinas. We will post them on Monday mornings.